Tickseed (COREOPSIS) 
COREOPSIS — TICKSEED 
A favorite of grandmother's garden that is still 
popular although now greatly improved. They are of 
the easiest culture and produce their golden yellow 
flowers throughout the summer. Useful in the mixed 
perennial border and excellent as a cut flower. 
CULTURE. Although they will grow under the most trying 
conditions, they will repay any extra effort accorded them. They 
prefer a rich, well drained soil in a sunny position. Plant in fall 
or spring 12 inches apart. 
Coreopsis grandiflora 
BIG COREOPSIS 
3 feet. Bright yellow flowers on long slender stems. An 
improved variety which is one of the best hardy plants. All 
summer. 
Coreopsis lanceolata, Mayfield Giant 
MAYFIELD GIANT COREOPSIS 
3Vi feet. An improved large flowering strain. 
Larkspur Hybrids 
DAPHNE — GARLAND FLOWER 
Dwarf, ornamental woody plants that are com¬ 
pletely covered with exquisite, sweet scented flowers 
during the spring and again in the fall. Excellent 
plants for low edgings along walks or massed in front 
of evergreens. They are entirely at home in the rock 
garden where they are very effective. 
CULTURE. Daphne cneorum thrives in a well drained, light 
soil qnd a 3 unny location. They will not grow in a cold, poorly 
drained soil. These plants are hardy in the proper locations, 
withstanding sub-zero temperatures but their evergreen foliage 
will benefit by a light covering of straw during the coldest part 
of the winter. Water sparingly during the summer. 
‘Daphne cneorum 
ROSE DAPHNE 
8 to 12 inches. Rose-pink, delicately perfumed flowers which 
completely cover the low spreading plants during the spring. 
After resting during the summer they again produce flowers 
throughout the autumn months. 
Spray of Rose Daphne 
DELPHINIUM — LARKSPUR 
Beautiful hardy plants grown in borders for their 
magnificent spikes of flowers borne on stately stems. 
No perennial border could be considered complete 
that failed to include one or more varieties of this 
gorgeous family. They are universal favorites, suc¬ 
ceeding in all parts of the country, but prefer the 
cooler sections where they attain perfection and are 
longer lived. 
CULTURE. Delphiniums thrive in any good garden soil but 
are improved by deep, rich sandy loam exposed to full sun. Deep 
preparation of the soil and the addition of liberal quantities of 
barnyard manure is important. Apply further dressings of coarse 
manure about the time the ground freezes in the fall. This will 
greatly enrich the soil and also protect the underground buds 
during the winter. Spade in the manure instead of removing in the 
spring. Two good crops of blossoms may be secured in one 
season by cutting away the flower stems of the first crop as soon 
as the flowers fade. Plant in fall or spring 18 to 24 inches apart. 
ENGLISH DELPHINIUM 
BLACKMORE AND LANGDONS HYBRID DELPHINIUMS. 
PRIZE STRAINS (ORIGINATORS SEED) 
This is unquestionably one of the finest strains in the world 
today. The flowers are enormous, produced on solid, erect spikes 
of great height and rigidity. The colors are in delicate shades of 
blue, mauve and pink. Of great landscape value and unsurpassed 
as a cut flower. 
WREXHAM OR HOLLYHOCK STRAIN 
All shades from very pale blue, lavender and orchid to the 
deepest and richest purples. The flowers are produced on tall 
spire-like solid spikes. 
BELLADONNA DELPHINIUM 
Not as tall growing as the English Hybrids but 
they produce a greater number of spikes that are 
more graceful. Flowers are produced in June and 
again in September, on spikes 3 to 4 feet high that are 
excellent for cutting. They require the same care as 
outlined above but may be planted closer together, 
12 inches being sufficient. 
BELLADONNA 
Light sky-blue. Fine for cutting. 
BELLAMOSA 
A dark blue form of Belladonna. 
Delphinium grandiflorum chinensis 
SLENDER LARKSPUR 
Unlike either the English Hybrids or Belladonna, the Slender 
Larkspur has a fern-like foliage, rarely exceeds 3 feet in height 
and blossoms about 3 or 4 weeks later. The flowers are in 
panicles of an intense gentian-blue and borne on graceful stems. 
Culture the same as for the preceding sorts except that they may 
be planted 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Delphinium grandiflorum chinensis alba 
WHITE SLENDER LARKSPUR 
A pure white form of the above. 
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